GCP Engineer Infra

HCLTech; Dadri; On-site; INR 350,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech in India is seeking a senior Cloud Architect to design and manage cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, implement IaC with Terraform, and secure multi-tenant environments. You will lead networking, security, CI/CD pipelines, cost optimization, and collaboration with customers and engineering teams from Chennai, Noida, Bangalore, Pune, or Hyderabad.

The role requires hands-on GCP expertise, strong communication, and experience delivering customer-facing cloud migrations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience on any major CSP: Cloud infrastructure design, network architecture design & implementation, Cloud security, logging & monitoring.
• 2 years of experience in client-facing roles, troubleshooting technical issues, and working with engineering/sales teams/customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and/or set up cloud infrastructure, including projects and VPCs.
• Provision, manage, optimize, and secure infrastructure.
• Operate, manage, and monitor the reliability and performance of the central platform and SLOs.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and tooling, and create reusable pipelines, processes, and tools.
• Establish and enforce resource and access policies, and secure workloads and tenants.
• Provide capacity reporting and cost optimization guidance.
• Oversee the company's cloud, application, and platform architecture.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud platform-wide issues or outages.

Skills

GCP Foundations Core & Security

Networking

IaC

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud Security

GKE / Kubernetes

Cloud Run/Functions

Communication

Education

Bachelors in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Cloud Build

GitHub

Job description

Location - Chennai, Noida, Bangalore, Pune, and Hyderabad

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and/or set up cloud infrastructure, including projects and Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
• Provision, manage, optimize, and secure infrastructure.
• Operate, manage, and monitor the reliability and performance of the central platform and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and tooling, and create reusable pipelines, processes, and tools for teams consuming the cloud platform services.
• Establish and enforce resource (e.g., usage quotas) and access (e.g., RBAC) policies, and secure workloads and tenants.
• Provide capacity reporting and cost optimization guidance.
• Oversee the company's cloud, application, and platform architecture.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud platform-wide issues or outages.

Skills

Candidates must demonstrate hands-on experience and proficiency in the following areas of GCP:

• GCP Foundations Core & Security
• Hands-on experience in GCP Foundations, including Identity, Federation, IAM, and Security (covering network security, virtual machine (VM) security, secret management, and key management utilizing Cloud KMS).
• Expertise in Networking (VPC topology, VPC Peering, VPN, Cloud DNS) and implementing security controls (e.g., firewalls)
• Expertise in GCP security architecture and best practices for securing multi-tenant environments.
• Automation and IaC
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles for automating the creation and management of GCP resources.
• Experience in leveraging tools like Terraform for building and deploying production-capable IaC modules.
• Familiarity with repeatable deployment using Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) practices with tools like Cloud Build and GitHub.
• Hands-on experience in at least two out of four GCP workloads below -
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), container orchestration (e.g., standard vs. autopilot), node pools, workload availability requirements, Cloud Run etc
• GCE
• GCVE
• Cloud Run/Cloud Functions
• Soft Skills
• Good communication skills necessary to conduct customer sessions (e.g., facilitating module workshops and technical deep dives).

Good to Have Criteria

Skills that are beneficial for acceleration and comprehensive delivery:

• Observability: Experience defining resource and audit logging tools and processes, including setting up aggregated log sinks and critical alert types for communication.
• Security Posture: Familiarity with establishing governance controls such as Security Command Center configuration and defining organizational policies for restricting capabilities within GCP

Qualifications and Prior Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience on any major CSP: Cloud infrastructure design, network architecture design & implementation, Cloud security, logging & monitoring
• 2 years of experience client-facing roles, troubleshooting technical issues, and working with engineering/sales teams/customers.
• Customer facing cloud migration experience, including service discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and operations.

Certifications -

At least one professional certifications amongst these